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The California bungalow is one of, if not the most prominent style of historic housing to be found in Long Beach. Now Rose Park South has on listing a home from one of Long Beach’s most iconic builders—couple Merton Elwin and Winifred Haydin Cutting—that is a true highlight of the bungalow style.
Situated at 539 Molino Avenue, the two-bedroom, one-bath single family home is the epitome of Cutting’s influential design: “falling rock” porch pillars, 12-foot custom built-in buffet with original hardware, coved ceilings, and archways which harken to the craftsmen influence throughout Long Beach.
Cutting and her husband Elwin—most likely credited with the labor of Cutting’s designs—created open-style floor plans that could very well be prototypes of the mid-century modern ranch-style houses of Cliff May. This home’s falling rock pillars are particularly characteristic of Cutting’s design where—differing from the popular stacked stone of the ’50s—river rock is used at the base in a flowing design that looks like the rocks are falling.
The 1915 home sits in the middle of the bungalow hey-day, the years between 1914 (when Elwin and Cutting moved to Long Beach) and 1920.
Updates in the home include its kitchen, complete with a full Viking stainless steel suite, dark Caesarstone counters, and Travertine tile flooring. The rear bedroom offers French doors leading to the custom wrap-around, redwood deck.
The home is listed at $619,900. For more information, click here.
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